Monday, January 10, 2011

1stbirthdayparty.com offers a wide selection of party decorations for 1st birthday parties. Party Pail is their parent site and operates 1stBirthdayParty.com. The site has been operating for over 4 years now and served tens of thousands of customers. 1stBirthdayParty.com has everything to make your party a success and not have to stress! From Decorations to favors and gifts, they have it all! Select from over 40 + themes to personalize your party with your favorite themes or characters. Some of the items you can expect to find on their site is: Tableware, Games and Activities, Cake and Cupcake supplies, Favors, Keepsakes and Registries, Hats and Tiaras, Clothing, and of course party essentials!

I love hosting parties and everything that comesalong with it, that is why i was estatic when Party Pail offered me a $60 coupon code to use towards purchasing party decorations for my sons party! I spent at least an hour browsing their wide selection of wonderful products. I found everything i needed to complete my party decorations. Basically, The only thing that i lacked was a cake and guests! 1stBirthdayParty.com offers Birthday kits that conveniently includes all the tablewear anddecorations for your party! This saves time and hastle because you dont have to spend your time trying to coordinate a bunch of decorations into one theme.

After searching through many themes such as First Birthday Boy, Radio Flyer Red Wagon, and Mickey's First Birthday, i ended up going with the Sesame Street First Birthday. Afterall, my son loves Elmo and it is his favorite character on Sesame Street. Besides the Sesame Street First Birthday theme, i also decided to tie it in with a regular 1st birthday theme. When i first received the box i noticed it was well packaged and everything was in tact except for the hat which had a minor problem. The pom pom puff at the top of the hat was slightly hanging down but that was not a problem as they took care of it as soon as i emailed them, they promptly sent me a replacement hat, free of charge. They have wonderful customer service which we all know, can be hard to come by sometimes.

1stBirthdayParty.com also offers a Closeouts section that includes deeply discounted items that includes a variety of decorations. I ordered a few items from the Closeout section and was very happy with the price. My favorite items that i reviewed were the Jungle Friends Plush Animals, Satin first Birthday Cone Hat, and the Big One Dots High Chair Kit. The only thing i had a hard time finding on their site was pinatas. They have a section for pinatas but currently only carry a Pooh Character Pinata. I had fun chosing party decorations for my sons birthday and decorating with them! Overall i reviewed 14 if their products ranging in price from (.89cents to $7.99). I will briefly go over each product i reviewed:

1. Satin First Birthday Cone Hat-($5.99) I chose this hat because it is brightly colored and will go well with the theme. It always pays to get a really cute hat because really cute hats leads to really cute pictures! I usually take my sons first birthday pictures at the mall and have them pose in a diaper with their party hat on and a cupcake. 2. "I'm One" Cone Hats- I found this item in their "closeout" section. They come in a package of eight and make festive hats for the children attending the party. Party hats also make great filler items for favor bags.3. "I'm One" Party Cups- I found these in the "closeout" section as well. These cups are the perfect size for party guests. If you want to get creative fill each cup with some candy and favors then place in a clear celephane favor bag and tie it off with a curled ribbon.

4. Polka Dots 1 Candle- ($0.89) These candles fit perfectly on top of your babies cake and add festivity to the cake.

5. Big 1 Dots Boy Centerpeice- ($4.00) This centerpiece is easy assembled and measures 27" long by 12" tall and includes three dangling decorations.

6. Big 1 Dots Boy High Chair Kit- ($4.68)- This product makes a great addition to the decorations at the party and also comes in handy. It contains three pieces: a throw away bib, floor mat and a decorative high chair banner. These enhance your childs birthday pictures and set a festive mood. The floor mats come in very handy because they save your floors from cake mess. You know how messy it can get when your child goes to town on his/her own little cake!

7. Jungle Animals 48 Piece Favor Pack-($7.99)- This favor pack includes everthing you need to make eight goody bags! The 48 piece kit comes complete with 8 Loot Bags, 8 Sticker Shapes, 8 Activity Sheets, 8 Animal Figures, 8 Prism Viewers, and 8 two toned whistles. My favorite thing about favor kits is that they require little time and price. It is so much easier to purchase a kit rather than have to purchase lots of small items to go in the loot bags.

8. Mickey's Clubhouse Goody Bag-($2.55)- This individual goody bag comes pre assembled and requires no effort at all. The goody bag is for ages 3+ and icludes an Activity Card, Whistle, Sticker, Maze, and Top. These are perfect for unexpected guests at your party. Purchase a couple to keep on hand in case any unexpected guests show up, that way no one at the party will be left out.

9. Jungle Animals Jungle Friends Plush Animals-($7.79)- They come in a set of three miniature stuffed animals. Each of the animals are 3" tall and includes a Zebra, Lion, and a Monkey. Every child young and old usually likes stuffed animals so i like to put these in goody bags for the children at the party.

10. Sesame Street First Birthday Invitation & Thank You Kit-($4.12)- The best way to buy invitations i have found is in kits that contain the Thank You cards, as well. This saves money and corresponds with your invitations.

11. Sesame Street First Birthday 7" Plates-($1.90)- Slices of cake fit perfectly on these dessert plates. They come with 8 plates and include an adorable picture of Elmo along with the phrase"1st Birthday".

12. Sesame Street First Birthday Bib-($6.40)- Bibs come in a pack of two. They are great to wear when the baby eats his/her first cake. They are made of reusable vinyl and tie in the back. My son looked super cute in his Sesame Street themed Bib.

13. Sesame Street First Birthday Party Treat Boxes -($4.72)- These Treat Boxes come in a package of six and feature Big Bird, The Cookie Monster, and Elmo. They are the perfect size to fit favors in. Each box measures 5.25" long, by 2.75" wide, by 1.5" tall.
14. High Chair Kit-$ . )- I found a High Chair kit in the closeout section and decided to get it to have on hand for an extra.

GIVEAWAY:

1stBirthdayParty.com is generously offering one of my lucky readers $60.00 worth of FREE products of their choice, along with free shipping. Mandatory Entry- You must follow me on Google Friend Connect and leave your email address so you can be contacted, in the case that you win. 1stBirthdayParty asked to provide a little bit of information along with giveaway information and rules. Below, is the text that they wanted to include.

1stbirthdayparty.com is very excited about some of our newest products! So excited, in fact, that we can’t keep them all to ourselves; we are going to give some away for FREE! One lucky winner will receive $60 in free merchandise, plus free shipping! Whether you prefer wildly exciting "Monkeyin' Around" Birthday Party or a more classic , Pooh's First Birthday Party, you’ll find everything from the place settings and centerpieces to the balloons, invitations and more – all in one place. Check out our variety of 1st Birthday Party Ideas and Supplies, and start thinking about what you’d buy with your $60!

Here’s how you can win:

Leave a comment on this blog post telling us which items from www.1stbirthdayparty.com are your favorites!

On your personal blog, write a blog post about your favorite birthday party themes from www.1stbirthdayparty.comand link back to that theme’s page on www.1stbirthdayparty.com (a blog post counts as 3 entries).

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Each time you’ve done any of the options above, simply return to this blog post and leave a comment with a link to your blog post, tweet, Twitter profile, Facebook status, or Facebook profile so that we can verify it. The more times you enter the better your odds are of winning! Odds of winning depend upon the total number of valid entries received.

No purchase is necessary to enter the drawing or redeem prizes. Participants must be at least 18 years of age and residents of the United States of America to be eligible to enter. Deadline for entry is the 17th of January, 2011. On or shortly after January 17th, 2011, winners will be chosen by random selection, and winners will be notified by January 24th, 2011. Check back here for an announcement of the prize winners as well!

*Disclaimer- 1stbirthdayparty.com sent me a $60 coupon code to use toward purchasing Free products to possibly review. In no way did this affect my opinion of their products. All of my opinions are one hundred percent honest and true.*

The barnyard theme is my favorite. It is so cute. I really like the Cow Print Latex balloons that would look so cute with the assorted farm animal balloons. Fun giveaway - thank you for the chance to win! :)tyson 2468 (at) charter (dot) net